Very Good Eddie
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Very Good Eddie is a musical with a book by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton, music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Schuyler Green, with additional lyrics by Elsie Janis, P. G. Wodehouse, Anne Caldwell, Frank Craven, Harry Graham, Herbert Reynolds, and John E. Hazzard.
The farcial plot focuses on Eddie Kettle, a very short young man newly married to Georgina, who is extremely tall. They board a Hudson River Day Line boat headed for the Honeymoon Inn in Poughkeepsie. Also on board are extremely tall athlete Percy Darling and his very short bride Elsie. Chaos ensues when the couples cross paths and accidentally trade partners. The vaudeville-style adventure continues at the hotel, where guests with names like Gay Anne Giddy, Fullern A. Goat, Tayleurs Dummee, Alwys Innit, and Madame Matroppo, a sex-crazed opera coach whose student is Lily Pond, pop in and out of rooms while an inebriated desk clerk tries to sort through all the madness. Eventually the mismatched newlyweds find their way back to each other and, not surprisingly, true love prevails.
The original Broadway production opened on December 23, 1915 and enjoyed a run of 341 performances. The cast included Ernest Truex and Helen Raymond.
In 1975, the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut revived the show to great acclaim, prompting the producers to transfer it to Broadway. After three previews, it opened on December 21, 1975 at the Booth Theatre, where it ran for 304 performances. The cast, directed by Bill Gile and choreograped by Dan Siretta, included Charles Repole, Virginia Seidel, James Harder, and Travis Hudson.
[edit] Song list
Act I
- Overture
- We're on Our Way
- Some Sort of Somebody
- Thirteen Collar
- Bungalow in Quogue
- Isn't it Great to Be Married?
- Good Night Boat
- Left All Alone Again Blues
- Hot Dog!
- If You're a Friend of Mine
- Wedding Bells Are Calling Me
Act II
- Honeymoon Inn
- I've Got to Dance
- Moon of Love
- Old Boy Neutral
- Babes In The Wood
- Katy-Did
- Nodding Roses
[edit] 1975 awards and nominations
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Repole, nominee)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Seidel, nominee)
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominee)
- Theatre World Award (Repole and Seidel, winners)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Seidel, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Harder, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Hudson, nominee)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival (nominee)
